Mayors Confront Slums Blight at National Conference
New Haven Mayor Richard C. Lee opened the 30th national conference of mayors with a warning that rising urban decay could undo national progress. He told 650 attendees from the United States, Europe and Asia that cities face housing, transportation, education, crime and pollution challenges requiring leaders who plan, lobby and organize.
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Nebauarians
Richard C. Lee
New Haven
Conn
National Conference of Mayors
United States
Lee
Europe
Asia
America
Pacific
Unions Seek Five Day Delay in Rail Strike Deadline
Secretary of Labor Wirtz urged railroads and unions to extend the strike deadline five days to June 18. Management accepted. unions planned talks. Wirtz urged continued negotiations to avoid disruption of service as talks stall and the nation eyes possible federal action if talks fail.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Labor Department
Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Fair Representation and Sit-Ins
The Supreme Court agreed to hear five states on fair representation in state legislatures and Congress, with next term starting in October. It also agreed to hear four more 1960 sit-in cases from Florida, South Carolina, and Maryland, while vacating 75 Virginia sit-in convictions. The court struck down a Missouri law allowing governors to seize private utilities during strikes, citing the National Labor Relations Act. It also agreed to review limits on secondary boycotts in relation to picketing neutral stores. Reapportionment cases follow last year’s ruling that courts may weigh fair legislative apportionment between urban and rural voters.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Florida
South Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Missouri
Potter Stewart
Kansas City Transit Co
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
National Labor Relations Act
St. Louis
John M. Dalton
Thomas F. Eagleton
Fresh Start Stated On Test-Ban Treaty
President Kennedy announced that the United States Britain and the Soviet Union will send high level negotiators to Moscow next month to restart talks on a nuclear test ban. He said the talks will begin in mid July with Britain represented by Lord Hailsham and that Moscow results may coincide with talks between the Soviet Union and Red China. The president emphasized the move is a start not a binding treaty and warned no tests should be conducted in the meantime. Congress reactions were mixed with some fearing a hard fight in the Senate while others called it a step in the right direction. Kennedy spoke at American University during a commencement address.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Moscow
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Lord Hailsham
Red China
W. Averell Harriman
John J. McCloy
William C. Foster
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
U. S
Senate
League of Nations
Mike Mansfield
Montana
American University
Clubs To Fight Religious Issue At General Federation Meet
Milwaukee delegates arrive for the 72nd annual General Federation of Women's Clubs convention. A resolution opposing removal of religion from schools is expected to spark floor debate with international club women leaders backing adoption. About 2,500 delegates from 11 million members in the U S and 54 nations converge with guests from Germany and France. Junior clubwomen wrap two day session with awards. West Virginia leads in departmental awards for public affairs fine arts international affairs conservation and council of international clubs.
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Milwaukee
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
International Federation of Clubwomen
United States
Deutscher Hausfrauen Bund
Germany
Frau Lotte Ueckermann
French Federation of American Women’s Club Overseas
Pierre Pflimlin
France
Strassbourg
West Virginia
Conservation
Council of International Clubs
WV Five Day Weather Outlook Near Normal Temperatures
West Virginia temperatures for the five day period through Saturday average from normal to as much as five degrees below normal. Normal lows range from 53 in the north to 59 in the south while normal highs are 79 in the north and 84 in the south. Expect cooler Tuesday and Wednesday and warmer Friday and Saturday. Rain totals around one inch forecast for the period.
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West Virginia
Wallace Seeks Doorway Stand in Desegregation Crisis
Gov. George C. Wallace arrived in Tuscaloosa to prepare a last stand at the University of Alabama door to block Negro enrollment while President Kennedy urged him to stay away. State police and National Guardsmen met him as federal court orders require no interference with enrollments.
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Alabama
George Wallace
National Guard
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Asia
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Wallace
White House
Washington
Legislature of Alabama
Montgomery
Promised
Huntsville
University Extension Center
Gadsden
Ala
Kennedy Signs Equal Pay Bill for Women
President Kennedy signed a landmark bill ensuring equal pay for women, calling it a step toward workplace parity with men. He urged more day care, larger tax deductions, and highlighted remaining gaps in opportunity while noting the law covers 27 million workers and may take effect within a year or two in unions.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Labor Department
Jury Convicts 4 Of 14 Muslims In Los Angeles Riot
In Los Angeles a mixed panel returned guilty verdicts on four of 14 Black Muslim defendants for felony assault and resisting officers after a riot outside a temple. A juror briefly changed a finding on one defendant, while another was acquitted of assault. The trial of all 14 continued as jurors planned further deliberations.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
David Coleman
Robert L. Buice
Fred Jingles Jr
Monroe M. Jones Jr
Roosevelt Walker
I T
Buice
Walker
Jingles
Josephine Byrne
Byrne
Coleman
Dean Scott
Scott
Four Men Held After Bramwell Shooting Wounds Bluefield Girl
A 19 year old Bluefield girl Barbara Saunders was shot in the right breast at Willie Holts Tavern near Bramwell. Four men from Bluefield and Rocky Gap were jailed awaiting charges. The shooter and circumstances remained under investigation.
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Bluefield
Rocky Gap
Bluefield City
Bramwell
Gordon Short
Barbara Saunders
Allen St
Short
Willie Holt
Pocahontas
Tyrone Hendricks
Colan §S. Showalter
Coy Saunders
Tonie Luce Saunders
East German bikes mocked as multinational parts claim
A refugee racing cyclist disputes East Germany’s boast of a national bicycle factory saying the bikes use gears from Italy chains from West Germany brakes from France and frames from British steel.
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Berlin
Italy
West Germany
France
Inside Abby and Eight Movies Add Years
Brief reading notes indicate features on Abby and a list of eight films expanding years. Sections also include Princeton items, classified pages, society notes, editorials, sports updates, and TV weather briefs within the issue.
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Abby
Princeton
Society
Goren
Graham
Macmillan orders inquiry as Profumo scandal rattles Britain
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced a judicial inquiry into the sex and security crisis rocking his government. Scotland Yard hinted at further shocks as Lord Chancellor Dilhorne investigates security aspects of the affair and Ward faces potential new charges.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Scotland Yard
Dilhorne
Macmillan
Stephen Ward
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Danville
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Christine Keeler
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Eugene Ivanov
Kremlin
Ivanov
Cuba
Harold Wilson
Laborites
Indus
Labor Party
Richard A. Butler
Science
Conservative Party
Lord Poole
Cochairman
Martin Redmayne
House of Commons
Redmayne
Proformo
Wilson
Reginald Manningham-Buller
Marlboro Street Magistrate's Court
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